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[QUOTE="rknight, post: 1044553, member: 16172"] Well that was an adventure. Took the truck to my local tranny shop to see what they thought about putting in a better cooler. At a minimum I wanted to get the fluid changed since it had been running hot. Their recommendation was to switch to synthetic fluid and see if that helped. And if not work on getting another cooler in after our trip to OR. Did that and took off for OR. About three hours into the trip (right outside the beautiful garden spot of Wendover, NV), the tranny went. Vented all the fluid out the top. Got a tow into Wendover the next morning (after sleeping in the 5'er on the side of I-80 overnight) to what seemed to be a pretty decent tranny shop. They also towed the 5'er to a campground so we were set that way. Anyway the verdict was that it was shot and needed to be rebuilt. It would have cost $500 per vehicle (truck and trailer) to tow it home so I had them go ahead and rebuild it. Which sucks because I was saving for a BTS. I did at least have them put in a triple disc billet converter. The other thing they did was route the cooling through the radiator in addition to the Derale. After it was done it was still running a little hot but we figured I could at least get it home and then address the cooling issue. The other thing they said is that the valve body had a "half assed" shift kit. It had always shifted pretty hard so that didn't surprise me. They put a real shift kit in as well. Made it home just fine, though it did run pretty hot (up to 215 across the desert). Parked the rig in front of the house and went to bed. The next morning I went out to park the trailer and there was a sizable puddle of tranny fluid on the ground. Got under there and discovered it was a leaky cooling line. The lines that were in place for the Derale are 5/16" rubber lines. The guys in Wendover had pushed those over the steel lines going to the radiator and secured it with hose clamps. Anyway it was leaking out of that junction. I have an appointment at a highly recommended shop in the area to install my new HPOP (terminator T500) tomorrow so tonight I went and got a couple more hose clamps and really tightened it up at that junction, topped off the tranny fluid and let it run for about a half hour. No leaking so went to take it for a test drive only to discover that it won't shift from 1st to 2nd. Only gears I have are Reverse and 1st. Per my Infiniti, the PCM is commanding 2nd gear but the transmission is not shifting. Two questions: I'm wondering if this is a valve body / shift kit issue? Given the suspect nature of the original shift kit and by extension the valve body. The shop is a pretty good distance from my house (about 20 miles). Do I risk doing additional damage driving it that far in first? Should I have it towed there? Or if it's just the valve body I could probably handle a valve body install at home. Thanks for the help. [/QUOTE]
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